Update time 2014-12-14 18:41:39 Word count: 5244
Back in his yard, Ling Qingyu sat on the stone bench, took a deep breath, and the whip fell to the ground as soon as his hand softened.
Lu Yao and Ye Shiyiben were practicing in the yard. They stopped when they heard the sound of the door, and saw Ling Qingyu swaying in, sat down swayingly, and then the whip fell to the ground with a bang. Lu Yao stopped Ye Shishi, walked over by himself, picked up the whip, and frowned unconsciously, this whip was actually made of fine steel, although the outside was covered in blood, it couldn't stop the whip itself Guanghua unconsciously asked, "Eighteen whips of the coiling dragon?"
"You like it?" Ling Qingyu looked at him, and said lazily: "If you like it, I will give it to you, but remember to wash it clean."
"Where did this whip come from?" Lu Yao asked.
"Gifts from twenty slaves." Ling Qingyu felt powerless at this moment. Facing Zhou Zhou just now was no less than a mental battle for her. Seeing that Lu Yao was still frowning at the whip , and said: "This is used by the yamen servants to convict people. I bought some prisoners, and he gave this to me."
"Prisoner?" Lu Yao was puzzled.
But at lunchtime, he relieved himself.
"Girl, look at your sailors," Zheng Xi pointed to Lu Yao who was refilling food and Ye Shishi who was eating gruntly, and said, "Little boy, a landlubber, ah, no, a group of landlubbers, that group Refugees also came from the north, and a group of prisoners who were dying! Who knows what they committed and were exiled? Those wicked people, put them on the boat and didn’t kill us? Even if they don’t have moths, but Can such a group of people go to sea?"
"Yes," Ling Qingyu cleaned up the rice in the bowl. He was quite surprised that Zheng Xi didn't express his dissatisfaction until he was almost finished eating today, so he said patiently: "I've already thought about it, what happened to Uncle Ding this time?" , Some people don't want us to go to sea, so the worse sailor we find, the more they will despise us, and then let our ship go to sea, and our Fengshen, with the improved sail and maneuverability this time, left the waters of Quanzhou Before, or in other words, before leaving the Great Zhou sea area, we can’t be seen by others, so without this part of motivation, we need to row, and it’s not what you said, as long as they have enough strength. As for whether they will There will be moths, at sea, without us, they will die, I don’t think those people would be so stupid.” Hundreds of people migrated to do coolies, and in the end there were twenty people who survived, Ling Qingyu didn’t think these people were simple . Although what Zheng Xi said was right, he didn't know the details of the other party, and he was a person who could survive in that situation, just like Gu Sui and the others, he was a ticking time bomb. But now, she couldn't think of a better way.
"Send all those prisoners to the shipyard and ask Dr. Shi to give them a diagnosis and treatment. Pay attention to food and clothing. At least they will row when they get on the ship." After thinking about it, Ling Qingyu said again: "I'll go tell Wu Da Sound, speed up, ten days later, we will go to sea."
"Ten days? But girl, you haven't bought the goods yet?"
"Just the one you mentioned last time, four thousand taels, let's eat them all."
"Girl, are you sure? The goods from that store are inferior! The porcelain is inferior, and the silk has faded."
"If it's not a defective product, it can be so cheap, don't worry, other ships go to big ports, and naturally they want high-quality and high-priced goods. By the way, you can lower it by five hundred taels, and bring more water and food."
"You still have to lower the price? Girl, are you really dark? I don't think Boss Dai will agree."
"Then you will ask Tang Seng to ask him to agree."
"What's the matter with Tang Seng? People have been dead for many years, where should I go to find him?"
The little brat and the landlubber Ye Shilu, who were directly despised by Zheng Xi, bit their chopsticks away, watching Ling Qingyu and Zheng Xi talk and look away, each refreshed their understanding of Ling Qingyu. Ye Shiyi said: My sister is amazing, we are going to the sea soon, we can see the sea, so we don't have to hide. Lu Yao said: This woman is getting more and more offline! We are going to the sea soon, we can see the sea, and we don't have to hide.
Ten days later, in the small shipyard of Houshan Society, the Fengshen had been repainted. According to Ling Qingyu's request, the front and rear sails were all put away, and there was only a base with three diagonal lines drawn on it, and five stars. In order to cover up the flag and the ramming angle of the bow, a strange statue of a naked woman on the upper body and a fish tail on the lower body was put on. Some traces of swords and swords on the deck were intentionally left untouched. The upper cabin is painted black, and from a distance, the Fengshen on the sea is smaller than before.
Ling Qingyu nodded in satisfaction, and looked at the rudder compartment at the front of the deck. Ding Dong was already in position, and several sailors were also in their positions. Putting on the clothes that Ling Qingyu asked Zheng Xi to customize, and the shackles stuck in their positions, they all sat down in their own positions.
Ding Budong sat on the chair, sighed, and said to Wu Dao: "Can it be done? Are these people going to sea?"
Wu Da also sighed, a group of miscellaneous brands, what kind of combination is this
Both of them persuaded Ling Qingyu earnestly, but Ling Qingyu had already invested all the money, and Ding Dong and the others also wanted to find medicine to treat Ding Budong's leg, and the two of them were determined to go to sea. Wu Da and Ding Budong had no choice but to watch Ling Qingyu and the others worry about loading goods and people. Now that everything is ready, they can go directly to sea after the official inspection. Ordinary sea-going ships have to go to sea for inspection at the official wharf in Quanzhou, but Ling Qingyu asked Zheng Xi to submit an application, saying that because of the original failure, the Fengshen could be accommodated and go to sea directly at the shipyard for inspection. Such an unreasonable request, It was actually approved by the new Quanzhou Shipbuilding Director Shi.
God! Wu Da and Ding Budong were also helpless.
Zhou Zhou and another official dressed in official clothes came up from the cabin, handed the pass stamped with the seal of Quanzhou Shipping Department to Ling Qingyu, and said with a smile: "Master Ling is very capable, but this time Master Fan is sorry that you are a female householder. , a special case has been given, and there will be no such good thing next time." I'm afraid there won't be a next time, Zhou Zhou thought of the prisoners who were still shackled on the seats just now, and his face was not full It looked like a woman was leading the boat, Zhou Zhou shook his head unconsciously, Yang Zhao, please be blessed.
The flag of the Fengshen was raised high, and after Zhou Zhou and the little official disembarked, Ling Qingyu asked Zheng Xi to start to collect the planks and prepare to sail.
"Get up," Gu Sui yelled as he sat at the head of the squad. Twenty-eight dragons dived into the water, ready to paddle.
"Wait a minute! Wait a moment!" But there were three people yelling and running towards the pier. One was dressed as a scribe with a bookcase on his back, and the other two were dressed in short clothes and also carried a large box.
"Excuse me, can you let us accompany the ship? We will pay the rent, and the three of us only need a small cabin." The scribe said loudly.
Behind the three of them, there was another young man with a heavy burden on his back, panting to catch up, saying, "I, I, I, rent a cabin too."
Zheng Xi's eyes widened. With this matching boat, how could anyone have the guts to fight for it? There are few roads in Fujian and many people. There are many landless people and fishermen who cooperate with fishermen to rent sea-going boats to go to sea. It is only for safety that they usually go to big boats for small profits. Ling Qingyu also wanted to rent out the vacant cabin, but Zheng Xi ran outside for ten days, and no one was willing to join them on the boat. Unexpectedly, when the boat was about to sail, four people who were not afraid of death came out!
"Let them board the boat." Ling Qingyu said with a smile, it's rare that someone is willing to agree with her, and she is also willing to give convenience.
Wu Da and Ding Budong stared dumbfounded at the deck where the four panting people slowly left the pier, shaking their heads unconsciously, this world is really difficult, so many people are willing to risk their lives for each other.
The boat was already about ten meters away from the pier, Ding Budong felt a gust of wind passing by, and saw a figure floating on the boat like smoke.
Lu Yao blocked Zheng Xi one step ahead of Ling Qingyu, and Zheng Xi could only stand beside Ling Qingyu in embarrassment, staring fiercely at the unexpected visitor in front of him.
The swaying of the scull below became more and more urgent, and the boat had already sailed a certain distance.
Ling Qingyu poked his head out from behind Lu Yao, and saw a man in black standing at the bow of the boat, which was empty just now. On the head of the beauty, the skirt fluttered, and she looked at the man in the sea in front of her.
Lu Yao clenched his hand unconsciously, master! Could it be a new killer
"Hey, let me go," Ling Qingyu pulled Lu Yao away, and said to the man, "Hey, do you want to rent a space or work part-time? If you want to rent a space, you need to pay the rent first, no second price, one hundred taels of silver , if you work part-time, you will be paid one hundred yuan a day."
Zheng Xi unknowingly squinted at Ling Qingyu again, a black-hearted owner, there is no room for renting a hundred taels of silver, they are all fifty taels of silver, plus a bonus, okay
The man in black ignored her and raised his head even higher.
So Ling Qingyu kindly reminded him: "Brother, the statue you stepped on, I will take it down when it gets out of the waters of Quanzhou, so are you sure you can swim? You won't drown if you fall into the sea?"
The man looked at it, and found that the Fengshen was moving very fast, and it was already hundreds of meters away from the shore. With a little foot, he flashed from the head of the beauty to Ling Qingyu, the sword in his hand was placed on Ling Qingyu's neck, and at the same time he said coolly: "Give me the best room."
"The best room? Yes, but the rent is five thousand taels of silver." Ling Qingyu stopped Lu Yao's movements and said.
"How can it be so expensive!" The man in black stared round his eyes. It was only one hundred taels just now, but now it has increased fifty times.
"The best room is my room. I am the boat master. If the boat master doesn't rest well, he will point the wrong way. If he points the wrong way, he may get lost. If he gets lost, he may run out of water and food. If you lose it, you will die, so the price is expensive."
The man in black stared at her face, body, including the embroidered shoes on the soles of her feet, and said coolly: "I, Yan San, kill a person and collect five thousand taels of silver. You find someone, and I will kill you." .”
Ling Qingyu pointed to Zheng Xi, and after Zheng Xi's face turned completely pale, he said, "This is my co-pilot, that is my chief helmsman, those over there are my sailors, and the one sitting below is me. Fuck you, that brat is my servant, this," Ling Qingyu looked at the sullen Lu Yao and continued: "This is my tentative son-in-law, no one can be killed on this boat, If you kill them, our ship will not be able to return.”
Yan San glanced at Lu Yao again, and said, "This son-in-law is still tentative, what's the use?"
"He is my hope in life! Because of him, let me know that there are still people who are willing to marry me, so that life has meaning! Only when I live can I think about it!"
Lu Yao and Zheng Xi both had goose bumps all over their bodies.
Yan San was moved, put away his sword, and said: "Hey, yes, if life is like mine, if it reaches the highest point, it will be meaningless. It's not bad for you to have this idea. A woman grows up to be like you, and a man wants you It’s not bad, it’s really hard to find a second one after killing, um, you have to work hard for your life goals!” Saying that, she walked to the cabin on the rear deck.
Ling Qingyu was taken aback for a moment, then turned dark, chased after him, and said: "I said Yan San, if you have no money, I have no room for you. How about being ugly? You have to eat even if you are ugly. There are no freeloaders on this ship!"
"One hundred pennies a day, you are insulting me, Yan San!"
"Cut, no money, what do you have to do? I'll give you a choice. You can live in the upper cabin, but you can't harass me. You are responsible for my safety. If I lose a hair, you have to pay me five thousand taels of silver." !"
"Tch, those yellow hairs on your head are worth so much money. I'm only responsible for keeping you from being killed, and I don't care about the rest."
"You can't let me get hurt, and you have to pay me five thousand taels of silver."
"I, Yan San, said I would be responsible for your safety and I would be responsible! You are such a long-winded woman,"
"There is no proof in words, but proof in words. You signed the contract for me."
"What kind of contract, I, Yan San, say one thing and one thing, don't lie to me with those dark things."
Zheng Xi and Lu Yao looked at each other blankly, Zheng Xi patted Lu Yao's shoulder, shook his head, and went to look at the rudder cabin, only Lu Yao was left standing there, his heart was about to jump out of his chest. Yan San, the number one killer in Jianghu, unexpectedly boarded this boat.
"Now we are all on the same boat, we need to be harmonious! Do you know!" Ling Qingyu pointed to a small utility room next to his comfortable room on the upper cabin, and said, "That's it, let's call Eleven later." Build a bed for you.
Xie's house in Kapok Lane, Quanzhou.
Xie Tingxuan and the Zhizhou of Quanzhou sat in the water pavilion drinking tea. The tea was white buds with a price of one tael, and a censer was burning next to it, and the elegant aroma rose quickly.
The governor of Quanzhou sighed in his heart. Just a little tea and a little fragrance would cost thousands of taels of silver.
"I heard that there was a ship going out to sea yesterday at the Houshan Club?" Xie Tingxuan said, sipping his tea, closing his eyes slightly.
Zhizhou thought to himself, you still have to ask me, do you know more than me? Only he relied on the Wang family to be the magistrate, and the elder sister of the person in front of him was Mrs. Ru, the eldest family of the Wang family, so he couldn't be offended! He could only laugh and said, "Yes, originally the seagoing ships had to go out from Ximen Wharf, but yesterday the ship's owner was a woman, and Shi, the director of the city's shipping department, personally approved the departure from the shipyard. The captain and sailors appointed on the ship couldn’t get on the ship if something happened, and there was no sailor on the ship, so they didn’t know how to get from the shipyard to Ximen Wharf.”
"Master Fan is serious, this is a bad thing with good intentions. The boat can't even go to Ximen Pier, so how can it find a way in the vast sea? Isn't this letting them die?" Xie Tingxuan sighed.
People dare not go to Ximen Wharf because they are afraid of your obstruction. You have killed their sailors. Zhizhou secretly slandered him, and said with a smile: "It's not like the one who ran into the sea is close to death. Even if he can reach Ximen Wharf, he may not come back. Since she If I want to run, Lord Fan is just pushing the boat along."
"I heard that Master Ning sold some prisoners to Ling?" Xie Tingxuan said as he put the teacup on the table. Among the prisoners, there was someone who the Wang family had repeatedly promised to kill, but Zhizhou was sold out unexpectedly.
Ning Zhizhou rubbed his hands and said secretly, here we are, waiting here, then Yang Zhao was the one who was ordered to be killed by the Wang family, and he followed this order strictly at first, but they were allotted together. Of the hundreds of people who came over, only ten were left. Yang Zhao was still alive, but he received a secret order from the Dong family to save Yang Zhao's life. Ning Zhizhou felt worried, and he could not offend both It just happened that someone was willing to buy these prisoners to go to sea. Wouldn’t that be a good thing? Later, he was even more delighted when he learned about the staffing on the ship. , Ning Zhizhou drank a big mouthful of white buds worth a tael, and said with a smile: "Second Master Xie also knows what the Ling family's sea boat looks like, even the boat has not been fully repaired, there are no skilled sailors, and no Master Zhou, if you go out on such a boat and come back alive, I can give you the heads of Ning Dingbang. But Yang Zhao has already gone to sea, and Lord Wang doesn’t need to bear the notoriety, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”
Xie Tingxuan smiled, but did not try to break Ning Zhizhou's mind. He had already learned about the Fengshen, and knew that neither Ding Budong nor his men were on board, only Ding Budong's adopted son and a few sailors who hadn't been out to sea a few times, and a group of northern refugees and prisoners, the ship that was destined to die, not to mention , that person is still on board.
Xie Tingxuan raised his teacup and signaled to see off the guests.